The South Loop could be getting another skate park, if plans proposed by Mayor Richard M. Daley at his final city council meeting on May 4 pan out.

Under Daley’s proposal, several plots of city-owned land from 1600 to 1752 S. Clark Street would be sold to the Chicago Park District for $1. Much of that land would then be converted into an indoor skate park — the first of its kind in the city.

Daley’s goal is to create a 24-hour park — a place where people can come and skate at all hours of the day.

“Some of the skateboarders had told him that after work or after their shift at restaurants, they wanted a place to go and skateboard,” said Lance Lewis, a spokesman for Daley.

A Chicago Sun-Times article cited the skate park plan as costing $3 million, and would involve renovating the 27,000-square-foot space into an indoor skate park with a lobby, locker rooms and a viewing area.

On top of giving the land to the park district at bargain-basement prices, the project could get tax increment financing cash, as well, according to the ordinance.

A city-owned recycling center currently sits on the land. It’s unclear exactly what the fate of that operation might be if the city gave the land to the park district — a department of Streets and Sanitation spokesman had no information on the proposal.

Jessica Maxey-Faulkner, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Park District, said it was still “very early” in the process, and no blueprints had been drawn up yet. Any plan to renovate the property would go through a community input process, the park district said.

The proposal to give the land to the park district still needs to pass through the city council. Though it was introduced by Mayor Daley at last week’s meeting, it was referred to the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.

South Loop Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd), whose ward begins just across Clark Street from the proposed park, sits on that committee — and she wasn’t happy that the mayor tried to propose the park without talking to her.

“If it had come before me, it would have gone before the condo boards and community groups,” she said. “I think it’s unfortunate that the mayor introduced an ordinance on the skate park without and public or community input, and left it to the park district.”

Dowell said she’s happy that the park district wants to hold an open planning process for the park, but she’ll definitely take a closer look at the proposal when it comes to the real estate committee.

The park itself would sit in Ald. Danny Solis’ 25th Ward, but a call to his spokeswoman was not returned Tuesday.

The South Loop has one skate park already —in Grant Park with several small obstacles. The city also has a covered skate park in Logan Square, which sits underneath the Kennedy Expressway. However, this would be the first indoor skate park in the city — notable because skateboarders would be able to ride it throughout the year.

However, its indoor, 24-hour format would probably require some form of staffing and security to ensure safety in the park.

Deborah Soehlig, president of the Greater South Loop Association, said the only thing she’s heard from residents on the proposal was positive — though it was only one person.

“So far the only public comment on it that we’ve had is support for a sort of safe place for people to go and [skateboard],” Soehlig said. “I think it’s good that they have a place to do this where they don’t damage things that the rest of the world uses. I do see a lot of people skateboarding in the neighborhood, particularly closer to the schools, and there certainly is the need for something to accommodating."